Separating device



Oct. 16, 1923. 1,471,131

W. M. ADAMSON SEPARATING DEVICE Filed Feb. 1 5. 1922 jme/270m mme@ @e lflieza Y fi snrnnnrrnennvrcnf j 1 :Wrtmmwr ntf ADAnIsonor NewY R'IGHTN, new

citizen of Great' l Britain, andA`V` resident o of New Brighton, Staten; (Island, in the county ofilRichmond andV State. of New :Yorkfha'vel invented certain new and usefull Improvelments in Separating Devices,voflwhichfthe Y obtained;

- would require the servioes'of several'v opera- Ytors for a similar", time without the aidzof"` e stability.

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following is a Specification, n Y n e This invention relates to `separa-tors'designed to separatek material such; as pota-` Vtoes'according to size.` Itis onefobjectjot this invention to provide'adevioe whereby as many Vsubdivisions as, desired .mayv be A. Vfurther. object of thisinvention is lthe provision/ .of-*Jal separating device whereby material of the same size may be rapidly separated and automatically* deposited in containers Vor sacks..k l f Y A 4Still .another Objectis' the provision of a simple device by the aidk of which: a single operator in a Vgiven time may separate into aplurality osizes andcollectinsmtable containers a quantityV or' material `which this'device. A

f Other objects c and a dvantages hereinf In the facoompanyingdrawingsd l Fig. lis aperspective'view ofgthefdevice forming the subject of. my'invention.y

Y Figs.v 2 is a frontzview otanenlargedde-. taileshowing .the means for governing the V longitudinal movement of'theshalr'er. i v

rlFig. 3 is aside viewzof thegdev'ioeshown e e 1 t n Y f lflsandyli ony theside frames,V The chutes direct' the material into sacks 'such as 46 `whih may lbe supported upon `{JV-shaped,

in Fig.` e.

F'g. 4 isfa side view, partlysectionedlf showing an enlarged! detailA of*` the; pivotal connection'of theY ,shaken to the mainframe.

Referring to thefdrawings thereis shown afsepar'ator comprisinga stationary frame and a shaker pivotally `connected thereto. The stationary frame comprises two side.

frames 10 and 1.1 connectedatthe, lrearby upperand lower cross-bars 12`and 13'and The crosse-bar 16` iskconnec-ted to the `upper rear cross-bar 12 by a centrally and'longi-4 tudinally positioned barlS.V The stationary frame is thus a strong, rigid vbody cover`-` ingv a substantial areay and thus insuring TheV shakerY comprises a substantially 1U- i shaped iframe 20, ythe curved portion being'l nectedqby ,front-vand-rear cross-bars 2`2gfand 2l. VA vertical sidewall 25;v is supported upon y:theU-sjhaped frame and extendsfor? wardly.,l of rontcross-bar 22. A base board 26l interconnects that portion lof the/side wall which extends-forwardly of crossebarr:

22 at eaohjside of the U-shaped frame to` form awchuter` In'the Ushaped frame, to

the, rear orvchute'26, is fixed ,a series of: n 'y crossfwires'orming awsieve having a variable mesh. 'In thef'rear of the shaker are positioned supporting members 130 which Forwardly thereof the c openings formed in the screen by the cross-r wires 531 and V- 32' and Vand v311 lincrease progressively Vin size, so that thesmall'est mayralso' bev wires;

size' of material is irst separated. /Vhile openings of but two sizeshave'been shown inthe-drawings. it will be understood that thescgreen maybe provided with 'any desired numberv of sizes of'openings. Theniaterial l fof `largest size unable.` to pass through any of thesieves will be carried out-by ychute 26j.

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,f 'lhe'nmaterial Jfalling from the,V various- I ,i

sized-.openings may be Acaught .by chutes and directed into containers and sacks. In

the present ease kchutes `are provided toy direct the materialY to both lsides of theV stationary iframe, the chutesft()l vandk 4l on onesidefand the' chutes l2 and43 on the other side'being positioned at 2 their inner endsfon the central longitudinal bar 18 and supported .near their outer ends upon rails frames tYiandotS iXedto the side frames and projecting outwardly therefrom. The

shaker extends @slightly beyond cross-bar 17,7soV ,that material falling over chute 2G may be deposited` in sacks' supported upon thefside frames 10 and 11 and upon kan YfIt isvthus apparentithat operating the i 'shaker longitudinally and laterally the material` willl bey fed downwardly and willk drop shakerit` is mounted upon the stationary framenbymeans of a U-shaped member'jor yoke 2journaled on cross-bar 16. The -U- '100 upper, central vrod 19,projeeting*forwardlyV i l yishaped'.imember' or Ayoke'is carried atvthe endete Central, longitudinale@ 56 of the U-frame'QO byY a loose swivel connection V51K the yoke ufpoirfcrossY-bar :1.6VV andthe swivel form a universal jointV which permits rotation otltlie shakerlateral'ly and'vertically.

sleeve63 `(see Fig. 2). It will be appare-nt that fverticalrot-at'ion of the shaker. about the f `axisfotl rod 16 will cause plunger" 62 to alten Y lntermediatefits lengthV the bar 56 operates 4:' in a sleeve 60 having alost-motionconnecvtionwitha head 61 at thevupper'e'nd or' a plunger- GQfo'pera-ting inVV andV extending y y p The lower .endl of plunger (3Q/extending through .sleeve 68v has vhired thereto a locl'r-nut6fl. The sleeveiis' `fixed in position upon'bar 15 ofther stationary frame,said bar extending through a sleeve offset from and 'at right angles to nately'- descend andv rise inthe sleeveY Y' The rise of the shaker is limited'by/thc'stops 57 and the descent is preferably against the action of a restoring spring" 65 interposed between head 6l and sleeve 63, while the upward niovei'nentfof the shaker isilimited also by the lock-nut 64- engaging 'the lower end ot sleeve 63. `The, sleeve l60 is held against z ,--radial movement relative to bar 16 `since itpforms .part ot the cross-piece 66 mounted Von :cross-bars v67 land 68,iXed :to the siderails of the U-rame v2O, 'and' therefore to allow for the circumferential movement of the shaker, apin 70 carried-byfhead lglrroperj-V ates in a slot Trina depend-ingportion 172 carried bythe sleeve 60;

E in addition to rotation laterally Vand vertically, the shake'rrmay be reciprocate'd vert-i cally by providing the yoke Jf with 5 elongated or oval slots whereby it Vis jonrfnaled upon rod and lbyV providing the tory movement is obtained. y Y

*In operati-on, itis only necessary to place loose vswivel connection 5l` S0 that a Yvibrathe'material'which is to be graded according to size upon the shaker at the upper portion thereof upon the wires'SO.l By operating' `the shaker as described above, that is,

by rotatingvit laterally and vertically and reciprocating it vertically, the material is This' lateral move- I `ted over the shaker and'is well distributed,v i

so that the material will' p'assjthrough the proper Vmesh intok the correspondingchute which directs it into 'the bag' 0r container. 'lf it 'isf desired to close any partof the shaker to prevent distribution of material to openings. beyond apredetermined point, there vmaybe employed folding shutters or gates 8O and 81 carried by a collar 82 slidav ble '.uponv vrod vr56; Vhen kstretched to their 1 full. length, rfthese'gates extendto the sides ot .tlies'hakerfiand eectively preventlpassageiofniatefrial beyondftheimf i `The aboveV description illustra-tes a preiferred embodiment of my invention, but it will be understood .that various changes may be made within the scope of 'the annexed claims. W

Claims? l; l. A' device for separating material according to sizecomprising a shaker, a sup- 'n port, andA means :tor :movably connecting said yshaker to said supportl so that said shaker vmay Ybe rotated laterally ,and vertif cally and'reciprocated vertically, said means comprising a bar carried'by said shaker, a yoke in which saidbar is swivelled to permitV rotation' laterally, said support comprising'a cross-bar, said .yoke being pivotedqon said cross-bar yto permit rotation of'said shaker vertically, said yoke having elongated openings through which. said cross-bar eX- tends, said openings permitting vertical re- Vciprocatory` movement .of said shaker.,V

- 2. A device for separating material according .t-o size comprising a shaker having various-sized openings increasing in size progressively from itsupper .end to its lower end, a support, and means for movably connecting said shaker .to said y'support ysoft-hat saidshaker'p may be rot-ated laterally and vertically and reciprocated vertically, said means comprising a4 bar carried by saidr shaker,a yokeinfwhich 'said'bar is loosely swiveled to permit rotation laterally'an'd yreciprmiation'vertically, said support comprising a cross-bar,said Vyoke being pivoted oiifsaid cross-bar to permit rota-tion of said shaker vertically, said yoke hav-ing elongated openings through which said cross-bar eX- tends, said openings permitting Yvertical yreciprocatory movementofsaid shaker.

Signed at New York-city, inthe county of rNew York yand State'of New York, this 7th' day of Feb., A. D. 1922. 

